Koreas start talking again

NORTH and South Korea began their first official talks in more than two years yesterday, focusing on the forthcoming Winter Olympics after months of tensions over Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons program.

The talks came after the North’s leader Kim Jong-un indicated he could send a delegation to the Games in Pyeongchang in the South.

Seoul responded with an offer of a high-level dialogue, and last week the hotline between the neighbours was restored after being suspended for almost two years.